Roger Spear

Roger Spear is a Visiting Professor at the Department of People and Technology, affiliated with the Center for Social Sustainability at Roskilde University, Denmark. His research focuses on social economy, cooperative enterprises, and democratic organizational frameworks. He has collaborated internationally on projects analyzing policy impacts and institutional dynamics in the social economy sector.

Key research interests include collective entrepreneurship, organizational hybridity in cooperatives, and democratic management practices. Spear has contributed to understanding policy frameworks supporting social economy development, particularly through comparative studies of national approaches.

His recent work includes a collaborative report on mapping democratic enterprises and promoting their growth. He has also engaged in consultancy projects, such as the 'Demokratisk virksomheder - Delanalyse 1' study (2021–2022), focusing on comparative analyses of organizational structures.

Publications span book chapters, journal articles, and reports, emphasizing peer-reviewed contributions to social economy and institutional studies. His work integrates interdisciplinary perspectives from public policy, organizational theory, and economic sociology.